Unio cariei was a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae.
Unio cariei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Unio |
Species: | †U. cariei
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Binomial name | |
†Unio cariei Germain, 1919
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This species was endemic to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, but it is now extinct.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P.; von Cosel, R. (1996). "Unio cariei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22740A9384352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22740A9384352.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.